Carissa macrocarpa (Eckl.) A.DC. syn.  Carissa grandiflora (E.Mey.) A.DC.;  Arduina grandiflora E.Mey. - Apocynaceae - natal plum, (big) num-num, **Natalpflaume**

Evergreen shrub, 1-3m high, native to South Africa, cultivated elsewhere for fruit and as ornamental; much-branched stems with stout spines; leaves dark green, leathery, broadly ovate to ovate-elliptic, up to 35mm long; inflorescences at axil of spines or terminal, flowers white, corolla tube 9-14mm long, sweetly fragrant; fruit an ovoid berry, 3-4cm in diam. [[https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000803551|WFO Carissa macrocarpa (Eckl.) A.DC.]] see also [[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalpflaume|wikipedia Carissa macrocarpa ]]

"As a garden subject C. macrocarpa is most decorative with its masses of jasmine-scented flowers followed by
the delicious oval berries about 3-4 cm long and dark red when ripe." \\
[Parsley, Renate. "Cape gooseberries and others." Veld & flora 67.1 (1981): 1] \\
[[https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA00423203_1044]]


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Carissa macrocarpa, Botanischer Garten Halle (Saale)
[[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/|CC BY-SA 3.0]] Author: Andreas Kraska (2024)